“So the female who did that saved a lot of lives.”Immediately upon entering the blazing home, firefighters started to find people, Fire Chief William Vogt told reporters. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt told the Chicago Sun-Times that all those who died had been on the home’s second floor. Langford told the Chicago Tribune that lives could have been saved had smoke detectors been in use. “Had they been awake or if someone had woken them, they would have gotten out.”The victims had been attending a sleepover at the home, 15-year-old Marcos Contreras told the Chicago Tribune. “I don’t even know how I’m going to wake up and continue life knowing that my brothers and sisters are six feet underground,” Marcos Contreras told WSL-TV.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2018 07:58 UTC